September 19, 2024
Join the COS Men’s Club Virtual Bridge Club, Tuesdays at 7pm

Congregation Ohev Shalom (COS) Men’s Club of Maitland, Florida is starting an online Bridge group, every Tuesday at 7:00pm and ALL are welcome to join the game. There is no age limit, no experience limit and no other forms of discrimination; only a desire to have a “FUN” time learning and playing Bridge.

All that’s required to participate is internet access and a laptop/computer to access the website and play – the screens on cell phones are too small for my vision. The game is played while on a zoom call so we can kibitz (explain, question or teach) while we play. The zoom can be on a cell phone or just leave the zoom app open in background on the same device you play on.

Bridge requires 4 people to play and no real experience is required – we can teach you. We break people up into tables of 4 and move you into separate zoom room to keep the ambient noise down while you play. We use BridgeBase.com to play and you just need to create a Bridge Base user ID. There is no cost to play or to obtain a user ID.

All levels of skills or interest are invited to play. What do you need to play, you ask?

  1. Access to a computer
  2. A BdidgeBase.com user ID.
    a. This account is free. Just go to the web site https://www.bridgebase.com
    b. Select Register
    c. Then Register on the next scree
    d. Select: User name
    e. Fill in: E-mail address
    f. Password:
    g. Confirm password
    h. Next screen
    i. Fill in: Real Name
    j. Other: – scroll down to select USA
    k. @Private: select skill level
    l. Check box
  3. When completed send you Username, telephone number and email address to jtinkoff@cfl.rr.com
  4. If you have any question call Jim Tinkoff: 571-275-9724

Congregation Ohev Shalom (COS) of Maitland, Florida is an egalitarian, vibrant Conservative congregation offering inspirational worship and innovative programs that connect to the beauty and power of the Jewish experience. COS has a diverse and active membership, enabling them to build a strong community that is welcoming, inclusive, and participatory. At over 100 years old, they are proud to be the greater Orlando area’s oldest synagogue.

The primary goal of the COS Men’s Club is to support the synagogue and its membership through fundraising for youth, synagogue service projects and various social functions. Recent Club programs and activities include organizing bike rides, deep sea fishing, Super Bowl Raffle and other social activities, providing funding for transportation costs for various USY and Kadima programs, hosting Sunday morning breakfast and speaker events, organizing the World Wide Wrap and Men’s Club Shabbat, providing Yom Hashoah candles for our synagogue members, ushering for High Holiday and weekly Shabbat services, Cooking and serving for the COS Chanukah Party and Purim Carnival, offering Jewish gifts to our B’nai Mitzvot celebrants, actively participating in Ma’asim Tovim (COS social action organization for feeding the homeless) and sponsoring “Men’s Night Out”, an annual community event bringing together affiliated and unaffiliated Jewish men to network, forge new friendships, and celebrate our common bond, all while benefiting local Jewish education. Men’s Club President Elliott Davis invites you to learn more about the Congregation Ohev Shalom Men’s Club on their website www.ohevshalom.org/organizations/mens-club/ or on their Facebook Group www.facebook.com/COSMensClub/. For more information about the COS Men’s Club, please email ElliottDavisFJMC@aol.com.

The Congregation Ohev Shalom Men;s Club of Maitland, Florida is a proud member of the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs (FJMC), a global confederation of over 200 Men’s Clubs and Brotherhoods representing over 20,000 members across the United States, Canada, Latin America and beyond.

The Florida Region of the FJMC serves the needs of affiliated Jewish Men’s Clubs and Brotherhoods throughout the State of Florida.  If you are not yet affiliated with the Federation, then today is the day to join us. Get to know more about the Florida Region of FJMC and our growing network of dynamic Jewish Men’s Clubs on our website www.floridaregionfjmc.org and please visit and LIKE our Facebook Group at www.facebook.com/FloridaRegionFJMC.

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